Beginner's Guide to Jazz

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Classic Jazz
2▼CD: Vocal Jazz
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Jimmy Scott4:53
2Gloomy Sunday
alto saxophone:
Hymie Shertzer (on 1941-08-07)
clarinet:
Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1941-08-07)
double bass:
Johnny Williams (jazz bassist) (on 1941-08-07)
drums (drum set):
J.C. Heard (on 1941-08-07)
guitar:
Al Casey (US jazz/soul guitarist) (on 1941-08-07)
piano:
Teddy Wilson (on 1941-08-07)
tenor saxophone:
Irving “Babe” Russin (on 1941-08-07)
trumpet:
Emmett Berry (on 1941-08-07)
lead vocals:
Billie Holiday (on 1941-08-07)
vocals:
Billie Holiday (in 1941, on 1941-08-07)
orchestra:
Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (in 1941, on 1941-08-07)
recording of:
Gloomy Sunday (on 1941-08-07)
lyricist:
Jávor László (Hungarian poet)
composer:
Rezső Seress
translator:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
translated version of:
Szomorú vasárnap
Billie Holiday43:13
3My Man’s Gone Now
cover recording of:
My Man’s Gone Now (aria from Porgy and Bess, use this for non-opera or instrumental recordings)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward (playwright) and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Music Co., Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, Frankie G. Songs, George Gershwin Music, Ira Gershwin Music, Nokawi Music, Warner Chappell North America and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene II. “My Man’s Gone Now”
Nina Simone4:16
4Grievin’
alto saxophone:
Johnny Hodges (on 1956-01-23)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Russell Procope (on 1956-01-23)
baritone saxophone:
Harry Carney (on 1956-01-23)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:
Jimmy Hamilton (US jazz clarinettist/saxophonist, arranger, composer) (on 1956-01-23)
double bass:
Jimmy Woode (on 1956-01-23)
drums (drum set):
Sam Woodyard (on 1956-01-23)
piano:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (on 1956-01-23)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Gonsalves (on 1956-01-23)
trombone:
Quentin Jackson (on 1956-01-23) and Britt Woodman (on 1956-01-23)
trumpet:
William “Cat” Anderson (on 1956-01-23), Willie Cook (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-01-23), Ray Nance (on 1956-01-23) and Cootie Williams (on 1956-01-23)
valve trombone:
John Sanders (US jazz trombonist) (on 1956-01-23)
lead vocals:
Rosemary Clooney (on 1956-01-23)
recording of:
Grievin' (on 1956-01-23)
writer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) and Billy Strayhorn
Rosemary Clooney4:13
5Travellin’ Blues
vocals:
Carmen McRae
Dave Brubeck2:56
6Willow Weep for Me
cover recording of:
Willow Weep for Me
lyricist and composer:
Ann Ronell (in 1932)
publisher:
Ann Ronell Music and Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher)
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
Ella Fitzgerald4:42
7Never Will I Mary
Caterina Valente2:38
8Summer Song
performer:
Louis Armstrong
Dave Brubeck3:16
9Fair Weather
recording of:
Fair Weather
composer:
Benny Golson (American jazz saxophonist and composer)
publisher:
Time Step Music (publisher for Benny Golson)
Chet Baker6:07
10Dream
Rahsaan Roland Kirk & Leon Thomas2:31
11One of These Days
recording of:
One of These Days
lyricist and composer:
Mose Allison
publisher:
Audre Mae Music
Mose Allison4:34
12Fever Skin
Torun Eriksen4:52
13A Sunny Day
Jon Lucien2:40
14Groovin’ the Nursery Rhymes
vocals:
Joe Carroll (jazz singer)
Dizzy Gillespie & Joe Carroll2:56
3▶CD: Jazz Fusion

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ASIN:UK: B001ASISBE [info]